European cups
Champions League: Main Phase last round.
Trento and Cuneo already through, Treviso wants the CEV Cup. Modena flies to Ankara for Cev Cup quarter finals return leg. Macerata in Tel Aviv in Challenge Cup.
In the last round of the Champions League Main Phase, Cuneo and Trentino will respectively face Teruel home and Friedrichshafen away with the qualification already secured. Both are second but could snatch first place in case of defeat from Maaseik and Belchatow.
Crucial game for Treviso in Belluno against the Fenerbahce of Ivan Miljkoviæ, Andrija Geriæ and Leonel Marshall. Already out of the Champions League, Treviso will try to qualify for the Cev Cup Challenge round against the Turkish team with which it is tied in the group with four points. A 3-0 is needed, any other victory would make Treviso become dependent of the results on the other courts. Four tickets available and six teams fighting for them.
Following the hard-fought 3-1 of the first leg, Modena will try to go through to the Cev Cup Challenge Round when it faces Ankara tomorrow in Turkey.
Same situation in the Challenge Cup for Macerata: Berruto’s team clearly won the first leg of the 8th of final at home and now it will fly to Tel Aviv, Israel, to make it to the next round.
CEV Champions League:
POOL A
Standing: Zenit Kazan 12, Generali Unterhaching 10, CSKA Sofia 5, AS Cannes 3
POOL B
Standing: Noliko Maaseik 12, Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo 11, CAI Teruel 7, Radnicki Kragujevac 0
POOL C
Standing: ACH Volley Bled 11, Jastrzebski Wegiel 8, Budvanska Rivijera Budva 7, Olympiacos Piraeus 4
POOL D
Standing: PGE Skra Belchatow 12, Trentino BetClic 11, VfB Friedrichshafen 7, Remat Zalau 0
POOL E
Standing: Lokomotiv Belgorod 13, Tours VB 9, Sisley Treviso, Fenerbahce Istanbul 4
POOL F
Standing: Dinamo Moscow 11, Knack Randstad Roeselare, Hypo Tirol Innsbruck 7, Panathinaikos Athens 5
Fixtures:
2011 CEV Champions League
Round 6
Wednesday 12 January at 7.15pm
POOL D
VfB Friedrichshafen (GER) – Trentino BetClic (ITA) Live on Sportitalia 2 (sky226)
(Piasetski-Nederhoed)
Wednesday 12 January at 8.30pm
POOL B
Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo (ITA) – CAI Teruel (ESP) Live on Sportitalia (sky 225)
(Gerothodoros-Lungu)
Wednesday 12 January at 8.30pm
POOL E
In Belluno
Sisley Treviso (ITA) – Fenerbahce Istanbul (TUR) Differed on Sportitalia 2 (sky 226)
(Mokry-Ormonde)
CEV Cup
Quarter final return leg
Wednesday 12 January at 7.30pm (8.30 CET)
Ziraat Bankasi Ankara (TUR) – Casa Modena (ITA)
(Shehu-Themelis)
GM Capital Challenge Cup
8th of final return leg
Wednesday 12 January at 7.30pm (8.30pm CET)
Maccabi Tel Aviv (ISR) – Lube Banca Marche Macerata (ITA)
(Vasko-Hulka)
A2 Italian Cup
Semi-finals tomorrow night: Ravenna – Sora, Padova – Santa Croce
The semi-finals of the A2 Italian Cup will take place tomorrow at 8.30pm. The final will take place in Verona on January 23 just before the A1 cup final. Ravenna, which has lost without taking a point for the first time in the last round, will host Sora. In regular season, Babini’s team beat Gatto’s squad at the tie-break in the 9th round. Padova is now back on top of the league table after the latest win over Isernia, it will play host to Santa Croce, which began the second half of championships with two victories. In the league, Padova had beaten the team from Tuscany 3-0, in the 9th round too.
Wednesday 12 January at 8.30pm
Marcegaglia CMC Ravenna (1) – (4) Globo Banca Popolare del Frusinate Sora
(Pozzato-Falzoni)
Phyto Performance Padova (2) – (3) NGM Mobile Santa Croce
(Prandi-Gelati)
Finale Coppa Italia A2
Sunday 23 January at 2.30pm
In Verona
Vincente 1a Semifinale – Vincente 2a Semifinale Differed on Rai Sport 1 from 9pm
